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Stocks drop, yields at three-decade highs on Mideast flare-up
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Stocks fell and bond yields held at multi-decade highs on Wednesday as investors ramp up rate hike bets amid a fresh flare-up in Middle East tensions that has s...
Nepal flood survivors cling to zipline to cross treacherous river
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
High above the swollen Trishuli river, flood survivors gripped a makeshift cable as Nepali soldiers and residents pulled them to safety on Wednesday, a week aft...
Hong Kong democracy activist Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion: AFP
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to foreign collusion on Wednesday in a second national security trial against him that could see him...
Funerals in Nepal for missing, a week after deadly floods
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepali families were holding symbolic funeral ceremonies to "liberate the souls" of loved ones missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and h...
Hong Kong democracy activist Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to foreign collusion on Wednesday in a second national security trial against him that could see him...
Nepal's young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's rapper-turned-prime minister swept to power six months ago promising reform, but his young government now faces its gravest test after a glacial collaps...
Funerals in Nepal for missing, a week after deadly floods
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepali families held symbolic funerals on Wednesday to "liberate the souls" of relatives missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes i...
China's Xi urges against Mideast interference in rare Egypt visit
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Middle Eastern countries on Wednesday to oppose "external interference" and said Beijing was ready to work with regional stat...
Nepal tunnel rescuers seek trapped workers but hit dead ends
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepali rescuers searched Wednesday for survivors feared trapped inside hydropower tunnels a week after devastating floods, but hopes were fading as teams hit de...
China expands Egypt investments in first Xi visit in a decade
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and counterpart Xi Jinping agreed Wednesday to expand China's investment in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, as Beijing see...
China-Taiwan friction clouds Pacific summit
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Australia said Tuesday the Pacific bloc will decide for itself who attends its annual summit, after China raised objections to Taiwan's presence on the sideline...
China says solar power capacity surpasses coal for first time
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
China's installed solar energy capacity has surpassed that of coal-fired power for the first time, the national energy body said Tuesday, hailing the milestone.
Olympic tennis champ Zheng donates $150,000 to Nepal-Tibet disaster
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Olympic tennis champion Zheng Qinwen has donated one million yuan ($150,000) to relief efforts following deadly flash floods and landslides that hit the China-N...
Nepal says death toll rises to 987, bringing total killed past 1,000
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Tuesday, taking overall deaths to more than 1...
China-Taiwan friction clouds Pacific summit
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Australia said Tuesday the Pacific bloc will decide for itself who attends its annual summit, after China raised objections to Taiwan's presence on the sideline...
China says solar power capacity surpasses coal for first time
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
China's installed solar energy capacity has surpassed that of coal-fired power for the first time, the national energy body said Tuesday, hailing the milestone.
Nepal's wall of missing offers last hope after Himalayan flood
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
In Nepal's capital, desperate people searching for family members missing after Wednesday's devastating floods post photographs on a wall, clinging to a final, ...
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week's deadly Himalayan flood was "not an ordinary" event but driven by climate change, as he demanded internation...
Oil extends gains, stocks drop as Trump issues fresh Iran warning
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Oil prices extended gains Tuesday amid fears of a fresh bout of military exchanges between the United States and Iran following a flare-up at the weekend and Do...
China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched for survivors including do...
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